The two bar charts give information about the figures of 60-to-64-year-old employees in both genders in four nations, including Belgium, USA, Japan, and Australia in 2 certain years, 1970 and 2000.
Overall, it can be seen from two graphs that the proportions of men deciding to make a living in age 60 to 64 were much higher than those of women. In addition, Japan led with the percentage of both male and female senior workers, compared with those of the three remaining countries.
In the chart showing the percentage of old male workers, in 1970, Japan got the first position with 85%, followed by Belgium, with 79%, Australia, with 76%, and the last position belonged to the USA, with 73%. Over the period of 30 years, in 2000, the number of old male workers in four countries experienced a significant decrease. However, the position of the first country having the most senior workers still remained the same, it was Japan with 74%, followed by the USA with 55%, and Australia with 47%. Belgium recorded the most dramatic fall with 19% in 1970, which was about 4 times lower.
In the percentage of old female workers chart, Japan was the leader with 43%, compared to Belgium with 8% in 1970. Additionally, the USA was at 36%, followed by Australia with 16% before increasing to 39% and 18% in 2000, respectively. However, in the same year, Japan and Belgium had a tendency to fall to 40% and 7%, respectively. Moreover, the figure of Japan was 5 times higher than that of Belgium in both 2 milestones of time.